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    The First Rule of David Fincher is You Don't Rank David Fincher

    Holy crap! I'm no cinephile, but I've seen seven of these (including Seven!). You must spend a lot of time playing outside... admirable!
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    D&D General In this day and age, people still laugh when you invite them to play D&D.

    Yup, missed that. @DarkCrisis , adjust advice accordingly... 😬
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    D&D General In this day and age, people still laugh when you invite them to play D&D.

    Inviting someone to your house is a big deal, socially. At least in the sense that the invitee needs to feel comfortable with your company/likes spending time with you (and safe). Establish that comfort zone first, then you're gold. Human beings actually like spending time with other human...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Dark Sun, problematic content, and 5E…

    Cool your jets. You misread the post you're responding to.
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    Show your game prep notes

    I hope none of your players are cruising ENWorld today 😬 :ROFLMAO:!!!
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    D&D 5E (2014) Death and 0 Max HP

    A double necro post in a thread about raising the dead... so meta, I fell out of my chair.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Man I hate the organization of the 2024 Monster Manual

    Maybe. But when you're looking up devils, it's because you want to reference all of the devils typically. I don't agree that it's six of one, half dozen of the other. YMMV.
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    D&D General Satanic Panic at the Disco- Did Beelzebubba Cause D&D's First Crash, Y'all?

    Realistically, I don't think many folks who have knee-jerk fear reactions to a thing, regardless of political or religious bend, fully explore why they have that reaction.
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    D&D General Todd Kenreck Let Go from WotC

    I sort of get where you're coming from, but in this case I would not trust a) the general public to provide results that are i) sensible ii) to be of a low enough volume that that the 'non-sensible' comments would be weeded out by folks who actually know what they are about, given that they have...
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    D&D General Todd Kenreck Let Go from WotC

    In an ideal world, the cost of publishing is refunded (or paid for right off the bat), and is separate from the general research grant. But I read and understand your concerns with that model. What is the impact of what you're calling data and code being made available?
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    D&D General Todd Kenreck Let Go from WotC

    I see where you're coming from. I was coming at it from the angle of 'if you're going to contradict someone, you'd better have your ducks in a row'. Despite not having expertise in this area, maybe there were other facts informing @Staffan 's opinion? Thanks for describing your real world...
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    D&D General Todd Kenreck Let Go from WotC

    Like I said, I agree with your sentiment. @Belen had some instructive insights on how the sausage is made. But yes, that is the way it should be, ideally. My opinion is that all scientific papers/studies should be publicly accessible... as long as they are properly peer reviewed. Stuff that's...
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    D&D General Todd Kenreck Let Go from WotC

    Err... wut? @Belen makes a statement. @Staffan responds. I have almost no knowledge in this area, so asked these two to explain their positions, because it seems like an interesting topic. Belen responds with a super cogent, highly detailed response. Staffan responds with what amounts to 'I...
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    D&D General Todd Kenreck Let Go from WotC

    Right. You are just restating your original position, in a single sentence, nothing new brought to the table. Not very persuasive as an argument to be honest! Did you read @Belen 's counter? Try to jibe that with your position and try again.
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    D&D General Todd Kenreck Let Go from WotC

    Got it. @Staffan , rebuttal?
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    D&D General Todd Kenreck Let Go from WotC

    This is interesting. I am a layman in this arena. Both you and @Staffan seem to be coming at this with backgrounds in this realm. For those in the studio audience, please break down the points you are trying to make. Talk to me like I'm five years old. The gist of this from my perspective so...
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    D&D General Todd Kenreck Let Go from WotC

    I had to look up pre-print servers. It's easy to imagine the danger of having unreviewed studies/research exposed to the public like this. One reason I was asking about the usage of AI in your field is because I wanted to compare it to the effect on mine (software engineering). Chat bots like...
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    D&D General Todd Kenreck Let Go from WotC

    Peer review! That's a dangerous task to offload I would think. Paper mill detection seems like one you would gladly hand over to AI though? Laborious and thankless. Or am I reading that wrong?
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    D&D General Todd Kenreck Let Go from WotC

    Nice! What do you think about your current CEO's statement re: AI with respect to your field? If you have several other companies reaching out, it can't be that accurate.
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    D&D General Best D&D product of any edition (non-core book)

    It was all this and more. Still have this thing cradled between my copy of Oriental Adventures and my Battlesystem boxed set.
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